LeBron James calls on NBA league owners to go all the way with
Donald Sterling's life ban and vote to force him to sell LA Clippers

LeBron
James, the face of the National Basketball Association, on Wednesday
urged league owners to follow through on the lifetime ban imposed on
Donald Sterling by forcing him to sell the Los Angeles Clippers.

The
Miami Heat forward and two-time reigning Most Valuable Player praised
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver's decision to ban Sterling on Tuesday along
with a $2.5 million fine in response to racist remarks made by the
owner.

Silver
also vowed to force Sterling, the NBA's longest-tenured owner, to sell
the team, but he must win votes from three-quarters of the league owners
to achieve that.

'It's
a monumental day and it's going to be remembered in NBA history,' James
told reporters about Silver's ruling following a team practice.

'But the job is stiill not done. It's a win, but we still need the owners to do their part.'

No
timetable is yet in place, with the NBA's 10-member owners' advisory
and finance committee meeting on Thursday to go over the next steps in
the process.

'We still have to wait on the owners' decision, which I believe will be in favor of what we all believe in,' said James.

Every
NBA team issued a statement on Tuesday in support of Silver's ruling,
while the owners of the Sacramento Kings and Minnesota Timberwolves both
expressed confidence there would be sufficient votes to force Sterling
to sell.

'We run a color blind
league and this should not be tolerated,' Kings owner Vivek Ranadive
told ESPN Radio on Wednesday. 'I would be surprised if this was not a
unanimous vote.'

James, one of
several players who had suggested there was a chance of a players
boycott during the current playoffs if Sterling was not suitably
punished, was preparing for Miami's second-round series versus either
Toronto or Brooklyn.